University of Reading researcher Isabel Smith
Posted on 07/11/2023 6:34:46 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
Air travel has made a significant resurgence in the past year, including smashing pre-pandemic passenger records leading up to the Fourth of July holiday.
However, as the number of air travel passengers climbs, the skies have become increasingly turbulent.
The increase in turbulence has led to more reports of wings bouncing, drink carts flying and passengers being jolted around. Researchers at the University of Reading in the United Kingdom have raised concerns that the duration of severe turbulence on flights over the North Atlantic has increased by 55% over the past four decades. The significant increase has been attributed to climate change, according to University of Reading researcher Isabel Smith.
"The jet stream, which is this fast-flowing band, is getting more chaotic and stronger with global tropospheric warming," Smith told AccuWeather.
The increase in turbulence may lead to significant changes in the way we travel.
"We'll probably end up with more convoluted, longer flight routes, longer waiting times, and flights will become more expensive," Smith said.
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University of Reading researcher Isabel Smith
And in other news: Climate change is linked to more crippling cases of dandruff...
Lightweight! $;-)
BS!
So I can spill my coffee and claim climate change did it.
...So if we smooth out the flights it will save the climate?
Bump!
The increase in air turbulence may be from the private jets flying all over to give speeches on climate change.
The weather pattern with the Jet Stream dip is more likely the cause... and that has happened before, and will again.
Those of us who have thousands of flying hours have experienced real, violent, and occasionally very scary turbulence for years. Shove it, media. You are media precisely because there was not much else you could do. Especially when it comes to real science.
The government says if you eat bugs the weather will get gooder.
How about this headline—”Climate change linked to the steamy load in Biden’s diaper.”
Just tighten your seatbelt stupid.
Moonbat.
LOL! Yeah. And my chickens have started laying egg shaped eggs. Go figure. That pesky “climate change.”
Research: Climate change linked to climate change.
Gotta love that “climate change.” LOL!
Fill-in-the-blank has been linked to climate change.
True statement, with one exception: “the activities of man”.
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